The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering or GATE test is an annual exam for admission in various engineering institutes such as IIT, NIIT, Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore) and various pharmacy institutes. GATE exam is conducted and administered by the Indian Institute of Science and seven other Institutes of Technology under the Government of India. The GATE exam provides admission into postgraduate programs. The GATE qualified students are eligible for admission into Master/Doctorate in Engineering or Medical Institutes. The eligibility for appearing GATE is good marks in Engineering/Medical degree or Master in Science. The students qualified in GATE can get admission in top engineering institutes like NII, IISC, IIT and other institutes. The top engineering institutes take students who score top in GATE examination. The syllabus is generally based on the candidates background in education i.e., upon the degree achieved.

The GATE exam is conducted in main eight zones. They are IIT (Bangalore), IIT (Mumbai), IIT (Delhi), IIT (Guwahati), IIT (Kanpur), IIT (Kharagpur), IIT (Madras) and IIT (Roorkee). The overall administration of GATE lies in IIT, Guwahati. It is the organizing institute for GATE examination. The GATE exam can be conducted in two ways. They are Online examination and Offline examination. The online exam is where the candidate selects correct option out of four options displayed on the monitor through keyboard or mouse. The offline exam is where the candidate marks the correct answer in the given Optical Response Sheet or ORS sheet. The qualifying score for GATE is 2/3 and 9/10 for scheduled categories respectively.